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Invy

Friday, May 21, 2004 8:58 AM

From what I could see on the news report, the fire damaged the right hand side of the station and it's said that it destroyed both some trains and some track. Feasible as the storage tracks are inside the station too.

It's lucky that the main body of the ride is pretty far from the station area so in that respect the damage was pretty minimal really.

It's been said that the park hopes to reopen the Nash within a month - bring it on - I'll be there :)

The Alice in Wonderland ride and Trauma Towers looked to be pretty badly damaged but as stated, the park intends to restore all three rides.

Genius638

Marcus Sheen

Friday, May 21, 2004 1:10 PM

Nobody knows yet. The park was closed, but nobody is able to speculate on the cause yet. I think Blackpool PB is probably one of the most 'flamable' parks in the world, so I'm so glad that the firefighters managed to keep the fire under control.

RavenTTD

TNcoasterman

Just fyi, there is a such thing as fire retardant paint but it is very expensive and mainly used for interior surfaces only. I don't know if it would be feasable on an exterior substrate.

Also, it's exactly what it says it is, fire retardant, meaning that it will with stand a certain amount of heat and then fail. It is manufactured in gradiants of heat resistance but like I said very expensive.

The kind used at public schools is rated for up to 250 degrees which is about the lowest resistance that they make and costs in the $50 to $150 range for one gallon depending on location.